Consultation outcome

Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit: exceptions to the 2-child limit

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 21 October 2016
• Last updated: 20 January 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Government response to the consultation: Exceptions to the limiting of the individual Child Element of Child Tax Credit and the Child Element of Universal Credit to a maximum of 2 children

PDF, 182 KB, 15 pages

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Detail of outcome

We published the government response to this consultation on 20 January 2017. We received 82 responses. Around 50 were from organisations.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks evidence and views to inform the design of the exceptions and their implementation.

This consultation ran from
2pm on 21 October 2016 to 11:45pm on 27 November 2016

Consultation description

The child element in Universal Credit and the individual element in Child Tax Credit will be payable to a maximum of 2 children from April 2017 (Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016).

This consultation seeks evidence and views to inform the detailed design of the 4 exceptions that have been announced, and their implementation. It is not a consultation on the policy itself.

Documents

Exceptions to the limiting of the individual Child Element of Child Tax Credit and the Child Element of Universal Credit to a maximum of 2 children

PDF, 189 KB, 16 pages

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Published 21 October 2016
Last updated 20 January 2017 + show all updates

1. 20 January 2017

   Published the government response to the consultation.

2. 21 October 2016

   First published.